This document outlines a plan to stimulate STEM education in middle schools. It discusses collaborating with universities and organizations to provide project-based learning opportunities for students. Examples include robotics competitions and developing entrepreneurship skills. The plan also aims to increase awareness of college and career options through activities like college nights and field trips. Community partnerships are emphasized to help bring real-world STEM experiences into the classroom.

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COLLABORATION
Alignment
to
NCDPI
Middle
School
STEM
ABribute
Rubric
• Rigorous
&
Relevant
Learning
Right-brain thinkers colliding and collaborating
with left-brain thinkers helps spur innovation.
“It
is
the
tension
between
crea0vity
and
skep0cism
that
has
produced
the
stunning
and
unexpected
findings
of
science.”
–
Carl
Sagan
• Robo/cs/
FLL
2014
Compe//on
• Nanosystems
Engineering
Reserch
Center
for
ASSIST
(Advanced
Self-­‐Powered
Systems
of
Integrated
Sensors
&
Technologies)
in
collabora/on
with
the
NCSU
Friday
InsItute
• FoodMASTR
in
collabora/on
with
ECU
• Cross-­‐Curriculum
Units
Development
• PLCs
q Literacy
(ie
effec/ve
use
of
WOW
Words)
q Increasing
Frequency
of
Project-­‐Based
Learning
q Classroom
Management
q Nurturing
Crea/vity
&
Innova/on
CREATIVITY
&
INNOVATION
BRANDING
&
IMAGE
COMMUNICATION
CRITICAL
THINKING
• FBLA
q STEM
Entrepreneurship
&
Market
Game
q STEM
business
plan&
digital
design
electronic
por^olio
• FFA
:
Agriscience
curriculum,
projects,
local
and
state
compe//ons.
COLLEGE,
CAREER
&
CITIZENRY
MINDED
CULTURE
CONTACT
Tonya
M.
Li`le
tli`le@mar/n.k12.nc.us
2014-­‐2015
Plan
of
Ac/on
STEMula/ng
Young
Minds!
Mar/n
County
Middle
Schools
• Project-­‐based
learning
with
integrated
content
across
STEM
subjects.
• ConnecIons
to
effec/ve
in-­‐
and
out-­‐of-­‐school
STEM
programs.
• AuthenIc
assessment
and
exhibiIon
of
STEM
skills.
• Outreach,
support
and
focus
on
underserved,
especially
females,
minoriIes,
and
economically
disadvantaged.
• STEM
work-­‐based
learning
experiences,
to
increase
interest
and
abili/es
in
fields
requiring
STEM
skills,
for
each
student
and
teacher.
• Business
and
community
partnerships.
Applica/on
to
NCDPI
Middle
School
STEM
A`ribute
Rubric
• Forma/on
of
STEM
Leadership
Team
to
guide
and
consult
in
the
alignment
and
applica/on
for
STEM
A`ribute
q 12-­‐15
members
q Embedded
Staff
q Parents
q Business
q Higher
Educa/on
q Economic
Development
q Community
College
q Community
• College
&
Career
OpportuniIes
Will
Become
More
Visible
in
the
Building
(ie;
Teachers
post
informa/on
about
their
college(s)
and
invite
students
to
discuss
their
college
experience.)
• College
Night
and
Career
Fair
• Students
will
have
one
Friday
each
month
to
wear
a
shirt
with
a
college/university
logo.
• Students
will
“Frame
a
Vision”
of
their
college,
career
and
ci/zenry
focus.
• Students
and
Parents
will
have
the
opportunity
to
par/cipate
in
seminars
about
how
to
plan
financially
for
college
(FAFSA,
CFNC,
and
the
college
admission
process).
• Students
and
Parents
will
have
the
opportunity
to
take
a
college
field
trip.
• We
will
con/nue
to
work
with
the
community
stakeholders
that
partnered
with
us
during
the
2013-­‐2014
school
year.
• We
will
seek
to
form
new
partnerships
with
community
stakeholders
that
we
have
not
tapped
into.
• We
will
plan
a
Community
Learning
Exchange
to
bring
together
all
stakeholders
“Working
Together:
How
Schools
and
Educators
Can
Learn
From
Communi@es
and
Families
to
Promote
STEM
Educa@on”.
INCREASING
STUDENT
VOICE
GETTING
THE
WORD
OUT
Are
students
learning
how
to
brainstorm
ideas,
reach
consensus
and
engage
in
civil
disagreement?
!
STEM Literacy
Common Core
Words of the Week
analysis
explicit
implicit
objective view
subjective view
!
Riverside(Middle(School(
STEMulating(Young(Minds!(
• Regular
STEM
Leadership
Team
Mee/ngs
• Increase
Publicity
of
School
Events
• STEM
Newsle`er
(electronic
and
paper)
• PERSONAL,
TEAM
&
PUBLIC
PRODUCTIVE
COMMUNICATION
• SGA
• Student-­‐Led
School
Communica/ons
SATURDAY
September 7, 2013
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
ROBOX SUMO
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Middle School students in Martin and Bertie County will have the
great opportunity to learn, build and compete with their robox in a
robox sumo event from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Lunch will be served.
4-­‐H
Club
Embedded
Within
School
to
provide
opportuni/es
for
all
students
to
par/cipate
in
4-­‐H
ac/vi/es.
• NC
A&T
State
University
• ECU
• NCSU
Science
House
• NCSU
Friday
Ins/tute
• Golden
LEAF
Partnerships
for
Teacher
Training
and
Student
Opportuni/es